Zack McGrath
Field Application Engineer
Kontron
Since joining Kontron in 2007, Zack has held positions as System Configuration Specialist, Technical Support Engineer, and, currently, Field Application Engineer. During this time, Zack has worked closely with defense system engineers across the US, developing, selling, and supporting mission computers based on technologies including ATCA, MicroTCA, VME, CompactPCI, VPX, and Computer-on-Modules. Zack was awarded a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2007. Zack is currently based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, servicing customers in the Eastern United States.
John Riley
Senior Technical Marketing Engineer
Samtec
John is a mechanical engineer from the University of Louisville. He has 20 years of experience in the interconnect industry with Samtec. John has spent time in connector design, research and development, and end application quality engineering. He and his wife direct a community maker space and help connect the region to advanced manufacturing equipment and ideas.